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  1. This should go without saying, but please be nice to one another. No petty insults, no bigotry, no harassment, hate speech,nothing of that sort! Depending on the severity, you'll either only get your comment removed and a warning or your comment will be removed and you will be banned from /c/birding.

  2. This is a community for posting content of birds, nothing else. Please keep the posts related to birding or birds in general.

  3. When posting photos or videos that you did not take, please always credit the original photographer! Link to the original post on social media as well, if there is one.

  4. Absolutely no AI-generated content is allowed! I know it has become quite difficult to tell whether or not something is AI-generated or not, but please make sure that whatever you post is not AI-generated. If it is, your post will be removed. If you continously post AI-generated content, you'll be banned from /c/birding (but it's obviously okay if you post AI-generated stuff once or twice without knowing you did so).

  5. Please provide rough information location, if possible. This is a more loosely-enforced rule, especially because it is sometimes not possible to provide a location. But if you post a photo you took yourself, please provide a rough location and date of the sighting.

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[–] rah@feddit.uk 32 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Get back here you!

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

"Don't be hasty, young master Hobbit."

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

What? I would have sworn it's a house

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Jay, and an excuse to post my Jay photo from today (Reading, UK)

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

now that's how you use a camera

[–] KevinFRK@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Mmm, but it is a powerful camera + lens, making it easier :) And the light was kind.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

closest I've found is a Jay, but am not sure

[–] kaaskop 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Indeed a Jay if Google Translate is to be believed. I know it as a Flemish Jay (Vlaamse gaai). I find it rather pretty.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He's got a big of a punk rocker thing going on at the front. Does that narrow it down a bit?

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 2 weeks ago

My fist though was the french "geai" so I guess it is the same bird.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oof, that's even harder to say than "Eichhörnchen"

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Nah, häher is pronounced "hear".

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

might help if you tell us geographically where you are seeing it

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

north-west europe, above the tropic of cancer but below the arctic circle, on a greenish landmass rotating on the nearest planet to us in the solar system

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

good ol Sol, that system is great. Mostly harmless.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

full of weirdos tho

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Surveillance drone.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 3 points 2 weeks ago

"Vlaamse Gaai". Beautiful coloring. We have them occasionally on our balcony.